Anishinaabemowin Pane Immersion Program
Two, Four, and Six Year Diploma
This two, four, and six-year program is designed to facilitate the language student鈥檚
acquisition of Anishinaabemowin by developing their ability to understand the content
of fluent speaker鈥檚 speech, respond to that speech appropriately, and begin to produce
Anishinaabemowin speech.
Understanding of Anishinaabemowin
It takes about 2,000 hours of listening to any language in its full natural form for
a young child to fully understand his/her first language. At the end of 2 years of
full-time Pane (鈥榩un-ay鈥) immersion, students will have approximately 1,080 listening
hours. At the end of 4 years of full-time Pane immersion, students will have approximately
2,160 listening hours. Understanding spoken Anishinaabemowin will most likely be above
90% by this time. As adult learners, students will be encouraged to speak when they
are ready, not forced. In the 4th year and all the way through the 6th year, students
will continue to build comprehension. At the end of 6 years of full-time Pane immersion,
students will have approximately 3,240 listening hours. Through games and activities-no
stress, no pressure, students will have opportunities to speak and interact with speakers
and other students.
This program is intended for students deeply interested in, and committed to acquiring an ability to comprehend and speak Anishinaabemowin. Students completing both the weekly immersion courses and the immersion weekends will receive a Diploma in Anishinaabemowin Pane Immersion.
Contact Us
Michele Wellman-Teeple
Director of the Anishinaabemowin Pane Immersion Program
[email protected]
906-248-8472
Contact Us
LaTara LeBlanc
Advisor for Anishinaabemowin Pane Immersion Program
[email protected]
906-248-8463
See What Students are Saying about the Anishinaabemowin Pane Immersion Program
鈥淚 wanted to learn Anishinaabemowin in order to bring back the language that was taken
from my Grandmother. The Anishinaabemowin Pane Immersion Program helped me develop
an understanding of the language where I could assist in the resurgence and pass it
on to the youth.鈥
-- Sonja Killips, Student, 2016 Frank Hugo Memorial Scholarship Recipient and Six
Year Diploma Graduate
鈥淓very level of learner will get something out of this. All paths to language acquisition
are great!鈥
-- Renee 鈥榃asson鈥 Dillard, 2017 Frank Hugo Memorial Scholarship Recipient and Four
Year Diploma Graduate
鈥淢y involvement in this program has had an everlasting positive impact on my life.
The classroom setting is relaxed, comfortable, and a lot of fun. I have made new friends
and the teachers and fellow students have made me feel like family. Most importantly,
it has reconnected me with my culture and I am learning to understand and speak the
Ojibwe language. I recommend anyone with even the slightest interest to come and shadow
for a weekend. Just hearing the language spoken so fluently and eloquently by the
teachers will resonate connection.鈥
-- Florence Ludka, Second Year Pane Student (2017)
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